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Westchester High Schools Rank Among Nation's 'Smartest'

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Four Westchester high schools were ranked among the 50 smartest in the country in a recent report, according to Business Insider. 

Horace Greeley was ranked the 17th smartest high school in the country.

Horace Greeley was ranked the 17th smartest high school in the country.

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Education research website Niche compiled information based on standardized test scores, the quality of college graduates attend, AP Class enrollment, graduation rates and state proficiency exams, Business Insider said.

Chappaqua's Horace Greeley was ranked 17th overall, good for the best in Westchester thanks to a wide variety of AP programs and a composite SAT score range of 1980-2010.

Rye High School was ranked 25th due in large part to its new senior internship program set to launch this year. 

Scarsdale ranked 30th overall with a composite SAT score range of 2020-2070.

Bronxville was ranked 33rd with roughly 98 percent of graduates going on to four-year colleges. 

The title of smartest public high school in the country went to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Annandale, Va. 

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